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The initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam. New Amsterdam ( Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The fort gave The Battery (in present-day Manhattan) its name, the large street going from the fort past the wall became Broadway, and the city wall (right) gave Wall Street its name. The Castello Plan, a 1660 map of New Amsterdam (the top right corner is roughly north).

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